Mayor Harvey Ward said Gov. Ron DeSantis and Florida CFO Blaise Ingoglia's claims that the city is raising its budget by $90 million a year is untrue.

DeSantis' "Florida DOGE" messaging is modeled after the national Department of Government Efficiency actions by the Trump administration but are focused on auditing local governments.

Ron DeSantis announced on Tuesday in Fort Lauderdale that his office was going to conduct on-site inspections of local governments that don’t cooperate with his efforts to audit their spending. At the news conference,